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Status update on the Lullabook (and help us come up with a better name)
December 18, 2007
It's been awhile since we posted our announcement about writing the Drupal book for O'Reilly. And with all the various other Drupal book announcements on Drupal.org as of late, we've had some inquiries as to the status of ours. Well, here you are!
- We've just turned in our 6th chapter, which puts us about halfway done with the first draft of the book. Woohoo!
- Each chapter is broken down into a case study, along with a list of client requirements, and how we go about meeting those with various modules. It then kicks into instructions for building the website in question, along with in-depth information on new modules that the chapters expose readers to.
- The book so far includes hands-on recipes for building projects like a wiki, a photo gallery, and a product review web site. Modules covered so far include Organic Groups, Imagecache, Pathauto, Date/Calendar, and Views Fastsearch.
- The entire Lullabot team is working on this book. Addison Berry, Jeff Eaton, Nate Haug, Jeff Robbins, James Walker, and myself are writing the chapters, and Robert Douglass and Matt Westgate are doing technical review. And Liza Kindred, Haley Scarpino, and Tim McDorman are all doing the incredible work of shuffling stuff on the business side of things to allow us to churn these chapters out! :)
Unfortunately, we can't use our original title "Practical Drupal", as there's another book with that name already. But we'd love to hear what you'd think could be a good title. Help us name the book by posting suggestions to our wonderful, spanky webform! We'll forward the best ones off to O'Reilly as possible contenders. :)
Comments
Titles
For fun you can take a look at:
http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/15-10/st_bigidea
My stab at it:
Drupalicity of the Multitudes: How Hidden Wisdom Transforms Tribes, Nations, Culture, and Society Permanent changes driven by profound ideas and desires spur innovation, growth, and wealth the Drupal way.
Drupal Street Smarts
Oh yes!
I mean, obviously from your mention of the word "recipe", the obvious title would be "Drupal Cookbook"; which is what it is.
But you guys have been out everywhere, gone everywhere, and not only taught so many people (through your workshops and, in the last 6 months or so, through a great number of articles and podcasts)... the point is... you have received feedback from hundreds of students... you have listened and you know what people need.
When teachers teach, they learn about emerging needs.
So, yes, call it "Drupal Street Smarts".
Or the more sober "Building with Drupal".
saludos,
Victor Kane
http://awebfactory.com.ar
Hit the Road with Drupal
I was thinking of the title "Hit the Road with Drupal." Kind of evokes some of the same stuff Victor Kane mentions, and brings in a sense of roadtrip-style adventure.
I have to object!
Please don't go with "Drupal Cookbook." It's already been used.
Title suggestion
Real world Drupal: real recipes to make real sites.
title
Why not 'Drupal cookbook'
O'Reilly has several of those so that fit's their line. From what's i hear about what's in it, that would fit too.
Good luck with both the title and the book and thanks up front.
Drupal Instant Results?
Hello Angie,
why not use the title 'Drupal Instant Results'? Is the 'Instant Results' serie a registered trademark?
Or what about 'Drupal for Dummies'? (okay, just kidding :) )
Go to Amazon.com > Computers and Internet > Programming, find some cool titles, change the word PHP, Java, or HTML to Drupal, and you are ready!
Head First Drupal
Of all the people out there, the Lullabots seem to be exceptional at finding contrib modules (and producing them when necessary) to build powerful things in Drupal, using the existing APIs and modules out there.
I believe that O'Reilly is the publisher of the Head First series, and I think the type of book you are writing would fit in well with the series.
And what better style of publishing and page layout/design for the folks that love to but cat and ferret pictures in their presentations??
Wow, awesome!
Keep those titles comin'! :)
Q: Why not Drupal Cookbook?
A: This would seem the obvious choice, but if you look at other books in the Cookbook series, they're more around short snippets to do different things. Like "How do I send mail in PHP?" or "How do I optimize a MySQL query?" This book is more like "Let's show you how to build a bigger thing step by step," and contains fairly little code, which we thought would be disappointing to existing readers of the Cookbook series.
Q: Why not "Head First" Drupal?
A: I *really* wanted to make this book part of the Head First series, which I absolutely love, but we had a no-go on that. The Head First series tends to go after areas that are already swamped with existing book titles, and come in with a fresh approach. But if Drupal books keep coming out as quickly as they have been lately, this might be an option in 2009 or so. :D
Q: Why not Drupal Instant Results/Drupal For Dummies/etc.?
A: We can't have titles that overlap with things that are copyrighted by existing book publishers. For example, Peachpit Press has the "Visual QuickStart Guide" trademarked, so "The Visual QuickStart Guide to Drupal" (which is quite a mouthful anyway) would be off-limits.
And LMAO @ "Drupalicity of the Multitudes: How Hidden Wisdom Transforms Tribes, Nations, Culture, and Society Permanent changes driven by profound ideas and desires spur innovation, growth, and wealth the Drupal way." Nice one. ;)
Few ideas: Drupal 6: The
Few ideas:
Drupal 6: The Missing Manual
Drupal Magic
Lullabot on Drupal
Rockstars
I recently saw a title called Rockstar Wordpress. Being that the Lullabot team are rockstars in the Drupal word. "Rockstar Drupal" would be a good title. Or "How to make Drupal Rock" or "Make Drupal Rock".
The Lullabook: Drupal the Lullabot Way
The Lullabook: Drupal the Lullabot Way
How about : Drupal
How about :
Drupal Showcase
Drupal Site Secret
Drupal Inside
Drupal Howto
Building with Drupal
Drupal Projects Creating
Drupal Projects
Creating Professional Drupal Websites
Drupal Made Easy
Drupal Plumbing Exposed - Connecting the pieces to build a professional website
It would be easier to help with the title
... if we had the first six chapters to proofread/review first ;-)
cooking...
Drupal recipes: creating sizzling hot websites
Drupal: Flexible Content Management
:-)) ... Sounds like the book uses case studies to explain drupal and then gives examples of module implementations... looking fwd to the book.
Drupal: Flexible Content Management
How about "Learning Drupal"
"Learning Drupal: A comprehensive guide to installing, customizing, and administering websites with the Drupal content management system"
or also
"Mastering Drupal", "Drupal Comprehensive"
i also really like 'real world drupal'
Titles
How about
Drupal (6) in practice
Drupal (6) case studies
Drupal 6: The Lullabook
Or take a look at the Slogan proposal wiki:
Web collaboration and publishing with Drupal 6
Drupal 6: The shortcut to making websites
Drupal 6: Web publishing instant results
etc.
Drupal book names
Drupal Thy Brain
Drupalpedia
Drupal, its what's for dinner
Drupal Implementation: The practical way small nations can leverage the web 2.0 community to take over the world.
Drupal Planning and Implementation
Drupal: We read your email
:P
Can't wait for the book.
Chad
What's the animal?
Titles are important, sure, but O'Reilly books are known for their animals. What kind of animal should it be?
Personally, I favor "Drop Bears" aka koala bears. ;-)
Drupal by Example?
Drupal by Example?
Drupal Design Patterns
(since we're putting in names site unseen, there's mine ;-)
Working with Drupal
Title: Working with Drupal - The Practical way
Simple and straight to the point... ???
Book-Name Suggestion
D^3 ( pronounced D-Cube )
D^3 - Drupal, Design and Development
BTW, thanks for your podcasts :)
The Drupal Gourmet
Proposed Title: The Drupal Gourmet: Recipes to Build Professional Drupal Sites
Reworded
The Drupal Gourmet: Recipes to Build Professional Sites with Drupal
Vain attempts?
My attempt at getting close to "Practical Drupal":
"Down-to-Earth Drupal"
"Real-world Drupal"
Other reasonable thoughts:
"The Drupal Navigator" or "Navigating Drupal"
"Implementing Drupal" or "Drupal Implementations"
Other not-so-reasonable thoughts:
"Drupal Schmoopal"
"Drupal Drops" or "Drupal Droppings" or "Dripping with Drupal"
"Drupal for All"
"Drupal Soup"
"Drupal Cliffs Notes"
"Drupal for Dimwits"
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to Drupal"
"Shortcuts to Drupal Damnation"
"Dealing with Drupal"
Vain attempts?
My attempt at getting close to "Practical Drupal":
"Down-to-Earth Drupal"
"Real-world Drupal"
Other reasonable thoughts:
"The Drupal Navigator" or "Navigating Drupal"
"Implementing Drupal" or "Drupal Implementations"
Other not-so-reasonable thoughts:
"Drupal Schmoopal"
"Drupal Drops" or "Drupal Droppings" or "Dripping with Drupal"
"Drupal for All"
"Drupal Soup"
"Drupal Cliffs Notes"
"Drupal for Dimwits"
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to Drupal"
"Shortcuts to Drupal Damnation"
"Dealing with Drupal"
Kicking ass and taking names
Drupal Roadmaps: A step by step guide to building powerful dynamic websites with the Drupal content management system
Kicking ass and taking names with the Drupal content management system.
Drupal: Now we're cooking with gas!
Few more
Recipes for building hot websites with Drupal 6
Drupal Rockstar Status: Recipes for building hot websites with Drupal 6
Drupal from the Deep End: A
Drupal from the Deep End: A real-world guide to specifying, constructing and maintaining the Community Plumbing
Drupal Recipes Drupal
Drupal Recipes
Drupal Websites: Successful Recipes for Web-Site Scenarios
Advanced Drupal by Example
Advanced Drupal by Example
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